No 4 Mine — Accidents

Total: 821 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 85d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 1/17/08. While pulling on conduit on miner cable, strained left shoulder. Surgery required on 1/17/08.
09/26/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY, NO LOST TIME His hard hat was knocked off, he raised up and hit his head on rib pin. Sutures required. No lost time.
09/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Rail was on forks, fell off and fell on his left foot.
09/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 11/1/07. Slipped on a piece of belt and felt pain in left knee. Surgery done 11/1/07. Worked until that time.
09/05/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Part 90. This employee is now retired.
08/31/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY. NO LOST TIME While jacking a derailed bus, jack kicked out and hit employee on face. Laceration to lip and face. Sutures required.
08/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/5/07. Slipped off scoop while filling rock duster. Twisted left knee. Surgery required.
07/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost While handling pipe, pipe rolled and squeezed his right wrist. Fractured it.
07/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Climbing on gear box, lid slipped and he fell on his head. Head injury and cervical strain.
07/11/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 12/05/07. While jacking a shield back onto track, hit left knee on the footwall. Surgery required. Did not start losing time until 12/05/07.
07/04/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Tripped on a crib block and fell backwards on his left elbow. Fractured elbow.
06/27/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None NO INUNDATION OCCURRED.
05/10/2007 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee had a long time history of heart related issues. NO SPECIFIC EVENT. Transported to hospital, died in route.
05/08/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Trying to couple two locomotives. Finger caught between and was mashed.
05/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 7/11/07. Stepped on rock, fell and hurt shoulder. Surgery on 7/11/07. No lost time until surgery.
05/03/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY. NO LOST TIME. While tightening bolts on pipe, hand caught between ratchet and valve. Cut hand. Sutures required.
05/01/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY. NO LOST TIME. Drilling to bolt a pot, rock fell and cut nose. Sutures required.
04/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 5/21/07. While walking, stepped in hole and twisted his left knee. Surgery on 5/21/07.
03/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 5/24/07. SURGERY ON THAT DATE. While walking down stairs in production shaft, his right knee popped. Able to continue walking, but with pain.
02/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 82d lost While walking, twisted right knee. Surgery required.
02/23/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Did not start losing time until 2/28/07. Stepped up on box and felt pain in back of his left knee. Surgery required.
02/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 02/23/07. Strained right knee when he slipped at bottom of stairs. Surgery required.
01/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While getting a heavy shaft off the slope belt, felt pain in his back. Strained back.
01/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost While pushing frog back on forks of lo-trac, it slipped off of forks and fell on left foot. Broke big toe.
01/17/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None NOT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT. REPORTABLE ONLY. While taking bolts off flange, wrench slipped and mashed little finger on right hand. Sutures required.
12/19/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None NOT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT. REPORTABLE ONLY. While pulling on hose with channel locks, pliers slipped and hit his head. Sutures required.
12/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY, NO LOST TIME. Doing pre-op inspection on lo-trac. Closed hood and his left thumb was caught behind hood handle. Fractured thumb.
11/16/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Fractured right lower leg when he got caught in fallen curtain. Tripped and fell against mining machine.
11/15/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Laminated main roof fell above anchorage at intersection of #25 seal on Northwest seal line extending from intersection into crosscut approximately 60 feet.
11/14/2006 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Ignition. At time of ignition, miner was cutting in the face. Sparks from the miner bits could have ignited a bleeder.
11/12/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Control power to production hoist tripped, resulting in skip being closer to the top than indicated(normal when skip trips @full speed).Hoistman raised loaded skip at excessive speed,skip ran through...
10/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While pulling air line, strained right ankle.
10/19/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 40d lost Occupational Illness. Alleged carpal tunnel. Did not start losing time until 12/07/06. Surgery.
10/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 11/2/06. Stepped off bus and felt pain in lower back and left knee. Surgery on knee on 11/2/06.
10/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4/26/07. While cleaning up rib roll, lifted rock and felt pain in left shoulder. Dropped rock on right foot. Having surgery on shoulder 4/26/07.
09/27/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While walking, stepped on a rock and twisted his right ankle and fractured his right 2nd toe.
09/25/2006 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Rib rolled and hit the back of his left knee knocking him into the shuttle car.Fractured knee cap, surgery required.
09/12/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 1/10/07. While tramming feeder, stumbled and twisted left ankle. Surgery required on 1/10/07.
08/29/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 4/19/07. While lifting concrete mix, strained right wrist. Has been seeing doctor since time of accident. Had surgery on 4/19/07.
08/29/2006 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A welder was burning a hole in a brace on a scoop battery in order to place a bolt in a c chanel that protects the battery from damage. Sparks from the torch ignited a pocket of hydrogen under the bat...
08/12/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost Using come-a-long to pull a rock out of walkway on longwall, rock slipped and mashed right foot and lower leg against base of lift jack. Broke right ankle.
08/02/2006 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 14d lost REOCCURANCE, STARTED LOSING TIME AGAIN ON 8/2/06. Contact dermatitus. He is breaking out again. Doctor has taken him off work again. Occup.illness.
07/29/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 9/23/06. Slipped and fell off belt line and hurt left knee. Started losing time 9/23/06 when surgery was performed. Worked until that time.
07/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8/19/06 While shoveling coal, right shoulder began to hurt.
07/27/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Airing a rock truck tire. Tire exploded. Broken collar bone. Contused lower back.
07/22/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 7/24/06. While walking up slope belt, foot slipped off ledge, felt ""pop"" in his left foot. Fractured 2nd.Prox Metatarsal.(Foot)
07/18/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost 2 employees were pulling torches along side of Continous Miner. Miner was being moved by another employee. Miner knocked injured EE into the rib. Broke his left rib.
07/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost DID NOT START LOSING TIME UNTIL 8/10/06. While stepping over crossover, knee gave out and twisted as she was stepping down. Surgery required.
06/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost While lifting a feed box, lifting lug broke off and box fell on foot. Right foot was broke.
06/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPORTABLE ONLY, NO LOST TIME: While pushing a rock, his glove and hand was cut. Sutures required.